Importance Public health decisions increasingly rely on large-scale data and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mobile health. However, many populations—including those in rural areas, with disabilities, experiencing homelessness, or living in low- and middle-income regions of the world—remain underrepresented…
In this AMA STEPS ForwardÆ podcast, Jarrett Dodd, MD, a family medicine physician, chief medical officer of CVFP Medical Group, and Virginia market medical director for Privia Medical Group ó Mid-Atlantic, shares his experience with the evolution of his relatively…
This AMA STEPS ForwardÆ toolkit explains the basics of outpatient billing and coding, including telehealth billing and coding, to allow physicians to simplify their documentation and write notes easily and efficiently.
This toolkit explains how to implement team-based pre-visit planning to prepare for upcoming appointments, optimize the value of each appointment for both patients and physicians, and reduce the number of follow-up patient portal messages and phone calls.
Management guidelines for type 2 diabetes (T2D) recommend a complications-centric approach, whereby glucose-lowering agents are selected based on an individual’s comorbid conditions. Agents in the sodium glucose cotransporter inhibitor and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist classes have shown risk reduction in…
In this AMA STEPS Forward toolkit, learn methods for implementing team documentation to enhance efficiency, reduce redundancy, provide better care to patients, and ease physician burnout in your practice.
Dr Christine Sinsky, former vice president of Professional Satisfaction at the AMA, discusses her research on physician vacation habits and their impact on career satisfaction and retention, featuring insights from her recently published Mayo Clinic Proceedings article. She delves into…
Dr Cassie Littler, Medical Director of the Webb Pediatric Specialty Clinic at Denver Health (a Federally Qualified Health Center) discusses the role of state governments in promoting sustainable, integrated behavioral health care. She explores funding disparities, workforce shortages, and the…
Host Dr Marie Brown, internist and Physician Director of Practice Redesign at the AMA, joins Dr Diana Savitzky, pediatric emergency medicine physician and Chair of the Well-Being Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to discuss the unique…
In health care settings, thorough investigations are vital for identifying design flaws and process errors. This microlesson focuses on root cause analysis (RCA), a type of investigation designed to identify the underlying causes of events. Through case studies and interactive…
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